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I plead ignorance but these huge contracts are typically back loaded right? There is no way a team would be obilgated to that kind of money in the front end or spread out through the duration would they?

I plead ignorance but these huge contracts are typically back loaded right? There is no way a team would be obilgated to that kind of money in the front end or spread out through the duration would they?

Yeah they progressively get more expensive as the years pass. Last year A-Rod made nearly $30,000,000 on his big deal. If it was spread evenly he would have made about $2,000,000 less

Although, I have a feeling he will be worth every penny of that to the Giants.

Not so sure Verlander will live up to that contract though. He's been a workhorse his whole career and going into his 30s, you have to think he may start to become less effective with each year. I have a feeling that part of it is rewarding him for the 4 years or so where he could be considered vastly underpaid when looking at his performance.